Cuckoo-Bread vs Red-billed Duck

Oxalis acetosella compared with Anas erythrorhyncha

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cuckoo-Bread	Red-billed Duck
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)	Anseriformes (Anseriformes)
Family	Oxalidaceae	Anatidae
Genus	Oxalis	Anas
Species	Oxalis acetosella	Anas erythrorhyncha

Conservation Status

Cuckoo-Bread

LC — Least Concern

Red-billed Duck

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cuckoo-Bread	Red-billed Duck
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cuckoo-Bread

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States).

Red-billed Duck

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and South America (Ecuador).

Red-billed Duck

Red-billed Duck (Anas erythrorhyncha) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway